Reflections on life: the funny, poignant, serious and quirky

This is in answer to the Writing Prompt: “If I were suddenly rich….” on page 338, week 48 of “The Writers’ Devotional” by Amy Peters.

English: Plastic Pitcher for Milk Bag (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I have been practicing being rich for a long time so I do not think that it will be a shock to my system. I would keep up the lifestyle I have, but ramp it up a bit. Instead of buying milk in those floppy plastic bags, I would buy it in jugs, even though it is 89 cents more.

This will make life so much easier. No more having to find a pitcher to put the milk in, then dig around for something to cut it open because there are never any scissors around (I think we have a gremlin that steals them in the night). No more spilling milk all over my cupboard, me, and the floor, and totally missing my cup of coffee because the plastic bag drooped out over the top of the pitcher.

Then I would go out and buy ten pairs of scissors and hide them, even though I no longer need them to cut open the milk bags. Just because I can.

English: A picture of a milk bag. Taken in 2008 in Sarnia, Ontario. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Practicing being rich for so long! Loved this. Since we don’t drink cow milk, we buy almond or soy or rice milk which costs an arm & a leg. Have not heard of milk bags. I have heard–distantly–of being rich, though! (How long are you going to do the 200 words? Mine ends July 31st; not sure how many more times I’ll be able to post before then.)

Ready to extend beyond 200 words, but I’ve learned so much about editing. Have learned how many words I use that aren’t really needed. How you can find the meat in the clamshell. (Ha ha, what kind of metaphor is THAT?) Do I take it the words have overcome you and you’ll be writing 2,000 tomorrow? ;)

well, there is that too — no I am just running out of topics that fit this format – I have to be careful not to leave out too many words–so that the post does not make sense. I found myself starting sentences by leaving out the leads, which can sometimes work, but not all the time.

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